Improvement in trunks



F.- K. DAGGETT.

TRUNK.

N0.v110,552. Pat ented Dec. 2'7, 18 70.

,ofMassachusetts', have invented a new and useful exteriorframes, together with a metallic strap, all so ,tion, and in which- FREDERICK DAGGETT, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

Letters Patent No. 110,552, dated December 27, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT. IN TRUNKS- lho'schcdule men-ea to in these mum Patent and making m of the same.

To all whom may concern 1 Be it known that I, Ensbnnrox K. Dseenrcr, of the city of Boston, in the county of Suffolk-and State Improvement in Trunks. l The uaturepf my invention consists in providing the body and coverfof atrunk with cast-iron interior and constructed and applied. in such a manner asto greatly incressethe strength of a trunk; andI do herebyde-- clare the following specification to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being bad to the accompanying-drawing forming-part of this-specifica- Figurel represents, in perspective, .aview of a trunk,

p'r'ovided with my improved frames and strap, the cover of the trunk being raised Figure 2 represents, in perspective,'a view of the frames separated from the trunk; 'and v .Figure ,3 represents a modification of the same.

Inthe drawing;

A and B represent the body and cover of a'trunlr; They may bev'made of wood, leather, or other suitable material used in the manufacture of trunks.

0 and 0' represent the frames for the body of the trunk. They areprefer'ahly constructed of cast iron, of an. angular form, and are attached to the ends of the body A. Becesses are provided at their bases for the reception of the trunk-rollers.

D are handle-loops, cast with the frames 0 and O, and in which are placed the strapsE. n

In the modification of my invention represented in fig. 3, the loops D are dispensed with,-and the frames are cast with uprights F, which are provided with recesses for the reception of the hand-straps,

G and G represent the cover-frames. They are constructed of the same material, and in a similar manner to the body-frames O and O, and are attache to the ends of the cover B.

H are sockets formed upon the upper cross-pieces of the frames G, G, into which fit the ends o'f th e. ordinary guardstrips, placed across, the. top of the cover B.

J and ,J represent the trunk-hinges. They are cast with-and form a part of the frames 0 O" and G G, one half or leaf of each hinge being formed with each frame, and connected by means of rivets.

. L and L represent-angularcast-iron frames-They are placed within the trunk at the ends of the body A and cover B, and are connected with the frames U G and G G bymeans of rivets passing through the material of which th'etrunk-is made, thereby serving as an additional means of strengthening the same;

M represents the metallic'strap encircling the entire trunk, and permanently attached to the same.

It isv constructed fof wrought iron, in two parts, which are connected by a hinge,- N, similar to those upon the frames Q 0' and G G.

That part ofthe strap placed upon the corerof the tr-unk' -is provided .with a l'ock-liasp, O.

r, .In the foregoing description I have represented the body and cover of the trunk as being first made, and the metallic fraines afterward attached to them, but

I have found that atrunk'possessing all the requisite;

strength may be constructed by first casting the frames entire, and afterward ri'vetingjo them the material of which the trunk is -to be made.

A- trunk constructed with my improved framesand strap will possess that degree 'of strength seldom found in the trunks, now manufactured, The hinges connecting. the body and cover-flames will be found of great advantageover those now in use, while the.

strap passing around the trunk will add greatly to the strength ofthe-same. I

Havingthus describd my invention,

I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters latent- 1. The improvementintrunks herein described, which consists in protecting the ends with cast metel right-angled frames 0 0,G G, connected by hingejoints at the rear, as and for the purposes specified.

2. The metallic strap M, composed in two sections, secured "respectively to the. cover and body of the trunk, and connected by a hinge-joint at the rear, and by the locking devices at the front, as described.

3. The handle-loops D, when the same are cast with the body-frames 0 O, substantially as described.

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